Public cloud of the Schwarz Group, the retailer behind Lidl and Kaufland, aimed at enterprises and the public sector. Compute, Kubernetes, databases and storage run only in its data centres in Germany and Austria.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Enterprise cloud for German and Austrian data residency, owned by the Schwarz Group. Covers compute, Kubernetes and databases; no counterpart to Azure's Microsoft 365 and identity integration.
- Headquarters
- Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
- Owned by
- Schwarz Group (Germany)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Large German companies needing a sovereign hyperscaler-style cloud
Public cloud run by T-Systems, part of Deutsche Telekom, renamed from Open Telekom Cloud. Offers compute, storage, databases and Kubernetes from European data centres and holds Germany's BSI C5 attestation.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Deutsche Telekom's public cloud with BSI C5 attestation, sold to the same enterprise and public-sector buyers as Azure. Fewer platform services and no built-in Microsoft identity stack.
- Headquarters
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Owned by
- Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Enterprises and public bodies needing C5-attested German cloud
Runs its own data centres and sells VPS, bare-metal servers, public cloud and hosted private cloud. Data centres in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific; Europe-only setups are available.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Public cloud, bare metal and VMware-based hosted private cloud, which suits lifting Windows and VMware estates. Far fewer managed PaaS services than Azure.
- Headquarters
- Roubaix, France
- Founded
- 1999
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €3.81/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Teams moving whole workloads off a hyperscaler
Managed cloud provider running pluscloud open (OpenStack-based), a BSI C5-certified VMware cloud, Kubernetes and colocation from its own data centres in Germany. Sold with managed services rather than self-service.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Managed German cloud with a BSI C5-certified VMware platform and OpenStack cloud, run for you rather than self-service. Fits companies moving VMs, not Azure-native apps.
- Headquarters
- Cologne, Germany
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- German mid-sized firms wanting managed sovereign cloud
German hosting group selling VPS, dedicated servers and IONOS Cloud, an IaaS platform with compute, Kubernetes, object storage and managed databases. Data centres in Germany, France, Spain, the UK and the US.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: IONOS Cloud covers compute, Kubernetes, storage and managed databases from European data centres. Much simpler than Azure, with no equivalent to its AI and analytics services.
- Headquarters
- Montabaur, Germany
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €5/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Small businesses wanting hosting, domains and servers together
IaaS with an AWS-compatible API, managed Kubernetes and hosted Mistral AI models. Its French region holds ANSSI's SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification and HDS health-data certification; it also runs regions in the US and Asia.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified region in France for regulated workloads, owned by Dassault Systèmes. A small service range compared with Azure.
- Headquarters
- Saint-Cloud, France
- Founded
- 2010
- Owned by
- Dassault Systèmes (France)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.03/vCore/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- French public sector, health and defence workloads
Cloud arm of Italian hosting company Aruba: VPS, cloud servers, virtual private cloud, object storage and backup, run from Aruba's own data centres in Italy.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Italian cloud with VPS, cloud servers and private cloud. Offers dedicated infrastructure managed through Azure Arc for teams that want to keep Azure tooling.
- Headquarters
- Ponte San Pietro, Italy
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €2.49/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Italian businesses wanting a local provider
Broad public cloud from the iliad group: instances, managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless functions and containers, object storage and GPU clusters. Regions in France, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Developer-focused cloud with Kubernetes, serverless, managed databases and GPUs. Better for new cloud-native apps than for moving Windows estates.
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- 357
- Owned by
- iliad Group (France)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.00/instance/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Developer teams wanting a hyperscaler-style catalogue in the EU
OpenStack-based public, private and compliance-focused cloud with VMs, Kubernetes, storage and databases, run in European regions including Sweden and Germany. Part of the Nordic IT group Iver; ISO 27001 certified.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: OpenStack-based public and private cloud from Sweden with compliance services. Open APIs, but a small catalogue next to Azure.
- Headquarters
- Karlskrona, Sweden
- Owned by
- Iver (Sweden)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Nordic firms wanting open-source cloud with compliance support
Compute instances, managed Kubernetes (SKS), DBaaS and object storage, billed per second. Zones in Geneva, Zurich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich, Sofia and Zagreb. Majority-owned by A1 Digital, part of Austria's A1 Group.
Compared with Microsoft Azure: Swiss and Central European zones with compute, Kubernetes and managed databases. Simple and self-service; little overlap with Azure's Microsoft-specific services.
- Headquarters
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 11–50
- Owned by
- A1 Digital (A1 Group) (Austria)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.01/instance/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Swiss and Austrian firms needing local cloud zones
